Car dumper



R. J. CROSSETT.

cARnuMPER.-

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 192i.

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CAR BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 1921.

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' lApplication' led October 29, 1921i. Serial Nofllr. i

ToV all whom t may concern .lle it known that I, Rosana* d.'flizossr'r'r, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinoisbhave.invented a certain new and useful Car Dumper, of-whichuseful and efficient device of this class whichl can be moved from place-to place on ordinary railway tracks andso arranged that the ordinaryorstandard railway cars may be run on to the duniper at one end and offat the opposite end.

It is a further object to provide acar duinper whereby the materialwithin the car may be readily and quickly dumped therefrom through thetop, side or bottom of the car` and discharge at one side of and awayfrom the tracks.

It is a further object to provide a car dumper with a platform havingrai-l portions adapted to fit over and interlock with the stationarytrack.

lt'is a further object of my invention to provide readilyadjustable'means for detachably securing a railway carto the platform.

The above and other features of novelty, advantages and capabilitieswill become apparent from the detailed description of the accompanyingdrawings in which I have illustrated a car duinper embodying one form ofmy invention, but the construction there shown will be understoodillustrative only and not as defining the limits of my invention. l

Figure l is a side elevational view of a car dumper embodying/'lone formof my invention, showing somewhat diagrammatically, a standardlVilliamson gondola railway car secured in place on the dumperpreparatory to dumping the car.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken substantiallyon the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the dumper illustrated in Figure l with thecar removed and a portion of the device broken away and Figure 4 is anenlarged detailed transverse sectional view of the same'having a portionthereof broken away Referring to the drawingsin detail, the platforml1() is preferably'constructed of cast plates' secured together inany-suitable way,

for example,l as illustrated in- Figs; 2 and` 3, althougliit isperfectly'obvious that sheets or other material may be used with proper`reinforcements; Thepl'a'tform I() is pro'- vided with grooved rails lil'on which the wheels of thefrailway car tobe dumped travel. These railsare beveled at; both vends asbest shownv in convenient travel oftherailway-:car-"wheels ony to and volf of these rails. are so constructedas to provide a housing having beveled or upwardly inclinedz walls orshoulders lQadapted to lit over andreceive the permanent railway tracksI3" and thus automatically align'the platform and tracks Il lwiththepermanent stationary tracks 13, and interlock the platform with suchtracks.' The platform l() is integrally provided withoutwardly'extending portions e ld and ladesigned to extend considerablybeyondthe permanent railwayytr'acks. The side l'is provided witha-longitudinal' ball cok l, so as to ypermit the end bearing'l which ispivotally connected to the lsocketbe'aring 17 by means yof the clamps18. The socket 17 being detachably anchored'to-'the ties of thepermanent rail-k way' Vtrack lin any 'suitable manner sov to preventsidewise' movementthereof while' the car is being dumped, 'the sideportionl'' of the platform being provided with suitable notches as bestshown in Fig. 3 to receive the innerend ofthe clamps 1.8 and thus permitthe platform to pivot or swingv about said clamps throughV the ball andsocket arrangement just described. While I have shown the inner portionof vthe platform l5 provided with a ball end and a socket connectedtherewith, vit will be understood that I do' not wish to limit myself tothis arrangement, for other forms of swinging connections may beutilized with practical results.

In order to secure the railway car 1n place on the dumper while the caris being dumped, I have provided readily adjustable means' fordetachably but eiliciently secur-v ing the car in place. Such `meanscomprises a pair of rods 19 spaced apart near each side of the platformand extending looselylv through longitudinal slots in the platformhaving rounded heads 2() of sufficient size to prevent the rods beingpulled through the" slots,v The rods 2G are screw-'threaded on theirupper ends and are connected by means of turn buckets 21, to a sec-ondpair of rods 22 of any desired length which rods 22 are screw-threadedon their upper end and provided with suitable screw-threaded clamps 23designed to clamp or engage the top of the railway car. V

It will be noted that the slots in the plat-y form for receivin theclamp rods 20 extend longitudinally. his is for the purpose ofpermitting adjustment so that such rods may be moved forwardlyorbackwardly in order to be positioned in direct alignment with the usualside braces or frame members of .A the standard gondola cars, and thusnot interfere with the dumping of the material when dumping through theside of the car. The swinging end or portion 14 of the platform isprovided with suitable means so that va crane may be readily and quicklyconnected therewith for raising the platform upwardly in order to dumpthe car. In this particular illustration l have shown rings 24 for thispurpose7 for instance, as best platform against movement in anydirection. A suitable crane is then connected to the swinging end of theplatform through the rings 24 and the platform gradually raised. As theraising operation proceeds the side doors are opened, if it is a carwhich 4platform 10 and out over the edgey thereof to one side of thetracks. lf desired, the platform may be raised or swung suiiciently Asothat the material within the car can be Vdumped through the top thereof.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a very efficient car dumperwith which the entire contents of the car can be quickly and readilydumped therefrom and discharged to one side of the tracks.

Having thus described my invention, l claim: y

1. In a car dumper, the combination of a platform provided with railsadapted to fit over and interlock with a railway track, a bearingadapted to be securedin place away from and at one side of said trackand means for pivotally mounting said platform in said bearing.y

2. In a car dumper, the combination of a platform provided with railsadapted to fit over and interlock with a railway track, a bearingadapted to be secured invplaoe away from and at one sideof said track,means for pivotally mounting said platform in said bearing, and meansfor detachably securing a railway car in place on said@ platform.

3. In a car dumper a platform having rails provided on the undersidewith a housing having inclined walls adapted to fit over a railway trackand interlock therewith for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specificationin the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. CROSSETT. Witnesses i H. M. SMITH, Ii. A. HARGADEN.

